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...reality, the artist was neither the satanic cultural polluter portrayed by right wing detractors, though he might have appreciated the comparison, nor the tortured soul martyred on the altar of true art. Mapplethorpe's ambitions were simpler and, frankly, more selfish than that. He wanted to be a star, and that's what he got, at least for a while. In the words of his former lover and patron Sam Wagstaff, Mapplethorpe was finally "the belle of the ball...
...them. That means they could enjoy a $2,000 reduction in their taxes next year under the G.O.P. plan. Even with a combined $90,000 income--he sells decorative laminates, she manages a dentist's office part time--that is a fair amount of money. "Speaking from a selfish standpoint," he says, "I won't send a couple of thousand dollars back." He laughs as he picks up his youngest, 14-month old Taylor, and bounces him on his knee to quiet him. "I wish [the credit] were $1,000 per child...
With the resume drop deadline now past, we are enjoying the (albeit temporary) end in the barrage of misleading advertisements and solicitous letters but remain baffled and haunted by the fear that we have been naive in thinking Harvard students are anything more than privileged, selfish kids who know how to work long hours and play by the rules. We hope that over winter break the same seniors who have brought dynamism and diverse passions to the University for nearly four years get a chance to think (with minds, wide open) about the fact that they can contribute more...
...MORE WE LEARN ABOUT THE COSmos, the more we realize how trivial we are in this amazingly vast and complex system. In such a universe, which is far beyond human imagination, we are obsessed with our immature and selfish thoughts, destroying and tearing one another apart under various banners. We are nothing but a joke in this universe. ALI PIRAHANCHI Johannesburg, South Africa Via E-mail...
YOUR ARTICLE STRENGTHENS A BELIEF I have long held, that human beings are a singularly vicious, selfish and shortsighted species whose status as rulers of the world seems to contradict Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. Continued disregard of the planet we live on will surely cause us to be "naturally selected'' right out of the picture. SCOTT KNUDSEN New York City